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| Artist: Goldfrapp
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 169
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
EAN: 5099951830021
ASIN: B000ZN2582
Release Date: February 25, 2008
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 Give it 5 listens........and you'll love it!! April 27, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
First listen.....disappointed. Just bland and nothingness.Elevator music.
Second listen....it's OK, but background music, nothing special.
Third listen.....it's quite good in parts, certain tracks stand out.
Fourth listen.....hey this is actually really good.
Fifth listen........wow this is amzing, my favourite album of Goldfrapps yet!
This album is a grower. I'm like the biggest Goldfrapp fan in the world yet the first couple of times I listened to it I really didn't like it at all, but have patience with it.......and you'll come to be amazed.
I just had it on in the background for a few listens while I was studying, or doing the house work.......then all of a sudden, bang....it just hit me.
It's beautiful, etheral,powerful.......lush. A stunning stunning album. Now I just can't get enough!!
summer is a-comin' in April 8, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
After playing this CD to death for a week, I thought I'd write an on-line review, only to find out that the Amazon reviewer had picked up on all the influences I'd spotted and planned to use. This album is not immediate, but grows into a very satisfying experience. I've never heard an album begin with such an understated track as "Clowns". I can understand why some people have been shocked and disappointed (more fool them), expecting something of an "Ooh-la-La" after 2005's storming Supernature. "Clowns" sets the tone for the album as well as the sleeve photo of Alison does: Seventh Tree is infused with summer. "Clowns" is all sleepy vocals and acoustic guitar, and builds with some strings that remind me of Nick Drake's "River Man". You can practically feel the warmth on your skin and see the dandelion seeds drifting in the air as the sun starts to sink. "Little bird" has a "Strawberry Fields" start and a gorgeous chorus of "July-ly-ly". It then mutates into a Syd-era Floyd sort of psychedlic jam. "Happiness" is perhaps the closest we get to a Felt Mountain-type song, with an infectious melody and squiggley electronic noises reminiscent of that album or Black Cherry. Next track "Road to Somewhere" is the one that makes you think of the opening bars of "Willow's Song" from the 1973 film The Wicker man. And on it goes, gorgeous upon gorgeous. I like the strident Euro-disco strings that start "Cologne Cerrone Houdini", which does nothing to prepare one for the change of pace that is "Caravan Girl". Goldfrapp do Oasis? Almost. This is Goldfrapp at their most transparent yet; even Will ditches the sunglasses and goes for a prominent portrait on the inner cover. A warm and seductive album, made for intimate moments when you won't be disturbed by phones or pets or doorbells, this is the first Goldfrapp album where I have uploaded all the tracks onto my iPod, rather than a selection. I'm not sure why, but that's the effect it has had on me this week. Enjoy.
Luxe and Polished! April 6, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Clowns. 10/10
Little Bird. 10/10
Happiness. 10/10
Road To Somewhere. 9/10
Eat Yourself. 10/10
Some People. 10/10
A&E. 10/10
Cologne Cerrone Houdini. 8/10
Caravan Girl. 10/10
Monster Love. 8/10
OVERALL VERDICT: 10/10
When I first read a review I was like, Goldfrapp going strange. This album doesn't dissapoint! When I first listened to "Clowns" i hated it (e.g. my old review 7/10.) But if you listen to it a few more times, it's a stand out track. The rest of the songs are brilliant!
Goldfrapp never let you down! From the beautiful lush cinematic soundscapes of "Felt Mountain", dirty synths of "Black Cherry", stompin' glam rock of "Supernature" and the beautiful folk sounding "Seventh Tree" which is probably their most luxe and polished work yet.
Rude,clued,glued and 'prood'.. April 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Terrific follow-up to 'Supernature'.The first track is worth the five star rating alone...'Clowns',all hippy-ethereal cinema soundscapes with lyrics about the longevity of upper body implants for women of a 'wag' disposition...it's funny,scathing,soothing and heartfelt but most of all quite beautifully affecting and gorgeous.And,if the trick is supposed to be a talent to keep this standard up for the entire album they fail miserably BECAUSE they surpass this standard on numerous occasions with at least six other of the ten tracks,the pinnacle for me being,'Cologne Cerrone Houdini',not 'single' material but still quite possibly the best track they've ever written....
I'm going to be paying a lot more attention to this duo from now on...they've provided me with the best album of 2008 so far and for that,Goldfrapp,i thank you very much.
Absolute corker!!
A slow burner March 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Goldfrapp are a bit of a bit of a contradiction. They essentially make pop music, but do it in such a way that defies all of the "rules" of a pop group. This album is no exception.
Being a fan of Goldfrapp is a bit of a crazy ride. You can't know what is coming next, and in a way it shouldn't really bother you what style of music they attempt to tackle, because you essentially will always get the same result; brilliant and intelligent lyrics, delivered by one of the best voices of recent years, with incredibly crafted music to back it up.
Like a lot of fans, I was never hugely enthralled by Alison's delve into glam rock. Despite myself, I still really enjoy Black Cherry and Supernature, but a little part of me was very happy to hear that they had moved away from that territory. However, I think one of the reasons that a lot of people have been disappointed with Seventh Tree is that they were led to believe it was a return to the sounds of Felt Mountain. Although it probably has more in common with the debut than the last two albums, in my mind it's a completely different beast.
On the first listen, I really didn't know what to think. I don't listen to the radio, so hadn't actually heard A&E before I heard the album, and that blew me away. It's early in the year, but that track is definitely a strong contender for track of the year in my books. In comparison the rest of the album was a big disappointment, and I imagine people who'd bought it based on the single would be disappointed. Saying this, there was actually a lot on the cd that got me excited; I certainly enjoyed the style of a lot of the tracks, and there were a lot of neat little touches that I enjoyed. There just didn't really seem to be many good tunes, and of all the things you can accuse the last two albums of, a lack of catchy tunes certainly isn't one of them!
I've since listened to the album a lot more times, and I'm very glad to say that things have changed. Ok, maybe not every track is a classic, but a lot of them are, and there's a lot to enjoy. There's also, I'm sure, a lot more for my ears to discover in there; it was only yesterday I noticed that with it's chugging motorik rhythm and guitars, Caravan Girl sounds an awful lot like Krautrockers Neu! How's that for an obscure influence, especially on an album that has been described as folk?
Who knows what Alison and Will have in store for us next. All I know is that I can't wait!
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